Exam Content - Term 3

Year 11 Term 3 Exam content

·         Reading (Crit B)

Revise by reading as much as you can in English (Library books, news websites – BBC, The Guardian, The Times, Football blogs, Roald Dahl short stories). The more exposed you are to vocab, structures, English in general the more your English will gradually improve.

·         Writing (Crit C):

Vocab:

1)     List 1  (Studyblue) All in the Mind 

2)      List 2 (Headmagnet) – The world of work

3)      List 3 (Quizlet) – Term 3 exam structures

4)      Man from the south –Powerpoint emailed to class email

Grammar:

1)      Gerund/infinitive

CAE Textbook: p. 50, p. 66 (ex 4)

CAE Workbook: p. 26 CAE + website (English page) Gerund/ Infinitive

2)      Sentence transformations

 CAE Textbook – p.51, p. 66 (ex 5), p. 67 (ex3)

CAE Workbook – p.14, p.24,

Website to practise sentence transformations:
1) 38 sentence transformations
2) 70 sentence transformation

Writing styles

1)      Proposal writing (REF: CAE textbook p. 170)

2)      Formal Letter Writing (REF: CAE textbook p. 174)

For both forms of writing – revise FORMAL structures and vocabulary

Term 3 Exam Vocab

Vocab 1

Vocab 2

Vocab 3

Vocab 4 - Man from the South Powerpoint - emailed to class email

Term 3 Exam vocab and structures

Vocab 3

Verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives?

Gerund or Infinitive?

The Landlady - Roald Dahl (p.41)

Task 1

Think of 3 ways a writer can create a chilling/frightening atmosphere:

1)

2)

3)

Task 2

Look at the image of the old woman. Think of adjectives of verbs to go with the following 5 nouns, which make the woman sound SINISTER

1)      Eyes

2)      Voice

3)      Skin

4)      Hands

5)      Nails

Staring, wrinkled, sharp, glintling, high-pitched, saggy, pointed, piercing, penetrating, clasped, calculating

Task 3 (The Landlady p.41)

1.       What are your first impressions of Billy Weaver?

2.       Describe why he has travelled to Bath.

3.       What word is repeated to suggest that he is young?

4.       Why do you think that Roald Dahl places such great emphasis on Billy’s youth? 

      Task 4

      P.41 - p.41 - Should Billy enter the B and B?

PROS	CONS

Task 5
Writer´s Techniques: Find in the text examples of the following techniques

1) Foreshadowing

Example of foreshadowing (quote)	What does this suggest may happen?

2) Dramatic Irony

The Man from the South

PART 1: Characters

For each of the characters, you need to choose the best possible quotation and analyse it...

Step 1 - What characteristics does the character have?

Step 2 - Find 2 good quotations which reveal 2 different characteristics.

Step 3 - Think of a way to infer from the quotation

Step 4 - Use your best, most precise vocabulary in writing your analysis

For the old man x 2

“...................................”	This could suggest that... The word ‘......’ emphasises...
“...................................”	This shows... The reader...

For the American Soldier x 2

“...................................”	This quotation reflects the cadet’s... He is also described as “....” which reiterates...
“...................................”	Ostensibly, this quotation... The effect of this quotation/word is ...

For the narrator x 2

“...................................”	From this passage, the reader can infer that... However, perhaps...
“...................................”	The reader is given the impression... This characteristic is repeated later in the story, when...

PART 2: TENSION

How does Roald Dahl build tension in this story? Write three different points with quotations.

·      Firstly.../ The opening of the story... / Initially...

Words / Adjectives such as...

·      Gradually...

The reader... / The atmosphere/mood begins to change when...

This is apparent in the passage / quotation...

·      Towards the end of the story, the tension is increased when...

The use of short sentences like ‘...’

World of Work

Work and Interview vocab